List of Jewish Americans in the military

• Solomon Bush, soldier and signer of the non-importation agreement of October 1765
• Martin Dannenberg, U.S. Army intelligence officer during World War II
• Sergeant Sam Dreben, served in the United States Army in the Philippines, Panama Canal Zone, the Pancho Villa Expedition, and World War I, also fought in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Mexican revolution; noted for his prowess with machine guns
• Kirk Douglas World War II
• David Max Eichhorn, Reform Jewish rabbi, author, and chaplain in the army who was among the troops that liberated Dachau; founded Merritt Island's Temple Israel
• Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Confederate Army soldier
• Jeffrey S. Feinstein, colonel, flying ace of the USAF in the Vietnam War]
• Hal Glassman, US Army sergeant major, active duty and USAR, Vietnam, Persian Gulf War, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo; Legion of Merit, CIB; career as civilian senior executive in Federal government on Task Forces that organized FEMA, 1978 and TSA, 2001.
• Joshua L. Goldberg, first rabbi to serve as a navy chaplain in WWII
• Alexander D. Goode, was a rabbi and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the troop transport Dorchester during World War II.
• Eric Greitens, Rhodes Scholar; United States Navy SEAL; served in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars; humanitarian who founded The Mission Continues
• Jacob Hirschorn, Mexican War veteran
• Jack H. Jacobs, Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam
• Leopold Karpeles, sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient, Battle of the Wilderness, 1864
• Leon Klinghoffer World War II Veteran U.S. Army Air Corps
• Benjamin Levy, private, Medal of Honor recipient, Battle of Glendale, 1862
• Uriah P. Levy, first Jewish commodore; first Jewish American to have a full U.S. Navy career ; hero of the War of 1812; instrumental in ending the practice of flogging; bought, repaired, restored, and preserved Monticello ; namesake of the Jewish Chapel at the Norfolk Naval Base and the Jewish Chapel at the United States Naval Academy
• Robert Magnus, general, former assistant commandant of the Marine Corps
• David "Mickey" Marcus, Army lieutenant colonel, West Point graduate, divisional judge advocate, division commander; attended the "Big Five" meetings; volunteered to join D-Day airborne assault without formal training; received Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, and British decorations; volunteered to Israeli Army to defend against Transjordan Arab Legion; became first Israeli brigadier general; served as commander of Jerusalem front
• Morris W. Morris, aka Lewis Morrison, first Black-Jewish commissioned officer in both the Confederate and Union armies; served with the 2nd Louisiana Native Guard and also with the 2nd Louisiana Native Guard after its reorganization as a Union regiment
• Judah Nadich, Jewish chaplain and advisor on Jewish affairs on Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff
• Mark Polansky, NASA, USAF, Space Shuttle commander
• Arnold Resnicoff, navy chaplain, special assistant to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Hyman Rickover, United States Navy admiral, "Father of the Nuclear Navy"
• Jack L. Rives, lieutenant general, USAF, TJAG
• Maurice Rose, major general ; negotiated the unconditional surrender of the Germans in Tunisia, Commanded 3rd Armored Division, the first division to cross the German border and the first to breach the Siegfried line; killed in combat
• Max Rose, U.S. Army infantry officer, veteran of the War in Afghanistan. Recipient of the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the detonation of an improvised explosive device.
• Tibor Rubin, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in battle and in Chinese POW camp
• Brigadier General Edward S. Salomon
• Haym Salomon, Sons of Liberty, financier
• Francis Salvador, "Paul Revere of the South"
• Norton A. Schwartz, general, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
• George Stern, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as "Charles Stein" in June 1864 in Philadelphia, promoted to sergeant and later captured by the Confederates and imprisoned in Pensacola
• Michel Thomas, awarded Silver Star for service with 45th Infantry Division in 1944; CIC Agent, 1945–47
• Judah Touro, civilian volunteer in the American Army; philanthropist